Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-03-12
WAYSIDE CHANCES,

A good story 10 floating around the town ii
the expense OF . well known city broker. He
attended country sale lately snd bought for
20 cents an old fashioned book that con.
tained some quaint and highly colored
archaeological tliustrAtionA The broker
Aforesaid IL be!ter posted on the latest
stock quotations than on photography,
and he disposed Of his purchase for one
dollar to discriminating physician who had
An eye to Its value The latter In turn sold
II TO . wideawake young Lancaster book.
seller who has made several hundred per
cent out Of its sale to collector Of rare books
In PhiladelphiA The broker feels a. sorely
over the transaction - II he had been badly
caught In . fall Of stocka
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The article In the 1NTELLtaENcEE on Fri.
Day relative to normal school work attracted
agreat deal OF interest The Philsdel elphia
American 10 going into the subject exhaus-
lively, and its current issue has savage at.
tack upon the whole system by Professor g.
q. Croft, Of Bucknell University at Lewis
burg, himsslf formerly an instructor In the
normal schoola reply TO this diatribe is
to be made BY Prof @. NJ. Phillips, Of the
West Chester Normal school, who IL foemau
worthy OF any mans steel In this species OF
disputation.
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The late James buchanan Esds was born
In lsoo. Why was he % nameds In that
year the fifteenth president Of the United
states was only 20 years Of age and had lust
been elected to Congress.
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Charles Ii. Barr, the bookseller. who Ia
quite connolsseur Of rare books, exhibits to
his friends treasure Of . book In the shape
Of copy Of Moore's Irish melod les, -
printed In Boston, by Patrick Donahoe.
What 10 remarkable about this book 10 ths,
besides containing the words and music OF
oil the great ballads written BY lrelan d's
greatest poet II has also an index with the
original Irish airs, accompanying each piece.
To the student OF rare old Irish music It has
intense interest," recalling the strains that
echoed 10 the days OF the ancient Celtic
oardA and which survived partially by tra-
dition to the times OF blind Carolan, the sweet
and sightless singer. Many music.loyiug z
lrishmen Of Lancaster would like to have
the book sdorn their own libraries, but It is
not for sale.
The Willismsport Board Of Trade meets
four times . year, aud has no permanent
meeting place, but 1t gets through pile OF
WORK when In session. At Thursday even.
logs meeting reports Of the progress of the
survey OF the proposed winiamsport q
Binghamton railroad were received lit wa
announced that wire works with capital
OF $26 600 was ready to be started the board
passed . resolution favoring free bridges the
project OF the removal OF the state capital tc
Williamsport was warmly pressed and
negotiations were begun looking to the intro
duotion OF two new industries into the city
that would give employment to over three
hundred handA In its ability to dispense
with wind and its determination to oct, the
Willismsport Board OF Trade sets . worthy
example to It's Lancaster prototype.
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As permanent investment, costly house.
hold furniture does not pay. Mira Morsan's Z
celebrated 5000 set OF Webb cameo table
glassware brings sl,675 in New York suo.
tion room.